Safety-razor.



L. N. ,LEVINSOHN SAFETY RAZOR. APl'LlcATIoN FILED JULY 2a, 11m..

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SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.2gt,

` i Application led July 28, 1908. Serial No. 445,703'.

, To all @ahorn tt may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS N. LEVINS'OHN, -acitizen of the United States. and residing Richmond Hill, Long island, in the clouiity lof Queens and State of New York,

hayefinvented an Improvement in Safety- Razors, of which the following is a specitcation.

`h'lyiiivention relates to razors of the class .l in'hy'lii'ch the blade is 'readily removable Afui-"oathe handle or holder, for the purpose 'of sharpening" or exchanging the blade, and particularly to razors of the class which are' provided with guards and are designated `15 `as safety razors.

. blade'may be suitably held for the purpose 2'5 ofv stropping or honing it as well as for the purpose ofshav'ing. :The invent-ion conslsts in the improved Vrazor hereinafter described and illustrated in t-he accompanying drawings, as defined in '30 the succeeding claims.

ln the 'drawings Figure l is a front view of-.a razor embodying the present invention,

' showing the razor in condition for use and Fig 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 8 is a 'A front view showing the razor in blade-releaslng positlon. Fig. 4 1s a detail front viewvof a modified form of joint between the stock and the locking lever, and Fig. 5 is a section online X-X of Fig. 4, looking toward the right.

The illustrated embodiment of my invention comprises a holder consisting of two members between which the blade is clamped, these members being formed to be .interlocked with, and detached from, one another in a simple and convenient manner. @ne member, which may be described as the stock comprises a head l and a handle 2, formed integrally. `rlhe other member hereinafter termed the locking lever, has two arms -3 and 4 which are in offsetbut substantially' parallel relation and are connected integrally by a narrower portion 5.

"In ,order that the stock and the locking 5.5 'lever may be interlocked, the stock is pro-y vided with around opening 6 and two connecting slots 7. The narrow part' ofthe locking leve-rv occupies the opening `6 vand i the arm' 3 is normally'superposed upon the head l, while 'the arm l Vvli's below the handleQ. i

The blade 8, which consists of athin sheet of steel sharpened on both longitudinal-l edges, islocated in proper position on the head by two rounded pins or .bosses 9 inte.-

gral with the head. The-se pins enter corre- Y spondmgholes in the blade and the arm 3.

rThe blade. is held firmly` against the head by the arm 3, the latter being held in position by securing 'the arm 4 to the handle. For this purpose a spring clip l0 is pivoted at 1l to the handle. This clip isl bent around under the handle, and when in operation its lower member 12 engages the arm 4 and holds it firmly close to or against thebottom of thehandle.- The edge of the clip is bentdown at 13 to assist. in its manipulation.

When the blade is clamped, as above' described, to the head, itmay bel used for shaving in the ordinary manner, 'and the head is provided with serrated edges 16 acting as guards to constitute the razor a safety razor. fterthe blade has been used for shaving it may be conveniently removed for cleaning or sharpening by releasing the locking lever. The springclig l0 is swung on its pivot to disengage-the arm'4\l and the lock-- ing lever may then be rocked first into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig, 2,*to disengagc'the pins 9, and then laterally, as in Fig. 3, to permit the removal of the blade from the pins. The locking lever may readily be entirely disengaged fi'oin the stock for convenience in cleaning it. For. this purpose it is swung laterally into a posit-ion at right angles with the stock, and it may then be removed longitudinally through the slots 7. In order that the holder may be used also in honing or stropping the blade, two pins 14,' similar to the pins 9, project from the bottom of the handle 2 and .engage corresponding holes in the arm 4. When the blade is placed upon vthese pins, it n1ay be clamped between the handle and the arm 4, these parts being secured together by the clip l0, and in this position one edge of the blade projects, as shown in broken lines in Fig. l, sufficiently to permit it to be sharpened, the head l and arm 3 serving, in this case, as the handle of the. device. To sharpen the opposite edge of the blade, the blade is released and turned around in the holder:

Inithe. modified form of joint between the two members ofthe holder illustrated in f Figs.4 and 5, the stock -is slotted half way through4 from one edge, and the part 5 connecting the arms of the locking lever is similarly slotted in the opposite direction, so that the parts may be interlocked or disengaged by afpiirely vrlateral movement'. In this form of holder the locking lever, after vbeing disengaged from the pins 9 and 14 by a rockiiiginovemeiit, as iii Fig. 2, is`diseiigaged from the sto/ck by a later/al. movement instead of being turned and withdrawn as in the -form of construction first described.

Although I have described the two blade clamping members of the holder by different terms, for convenience in description. it will l be obvious that their functions are interchangeable, that/is, the guards, pins and clip may be attached to either member inditferently, and the essential feature ot the construction is thev use of two lever-like bladeclanipiiiginembers adapted to clamp a blade at oiic or both ends.

Various modifications may be made in the embodiment of my invention hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings within the iiature ot tlie in-, vention and the scope ol tbe following claims.

I claim:

l. In a safety razor, the combination with :i pair of members, having means-for pivoting tbenitogetlier intermediate their ends, one of said members at one end heilig pro vided with a blade guard said parts being so constructed and arranged that a blade may be clamped between the members at either end 'thereof with the other end of the members forming a handle.

. 2. In a safety razor, the combination with a pair of members, having means for de tachably pivoting them together intermedi`` ate their ends, one of said members at one end being provided with a blade guard'said parts being so constructed and arranged thatl ends, one of said members at one end being.

provided with a blade guard, said parts being so constructed and arranged that a blade may be clamped-` between the members at` either end thereof with the other end of the members forming a handle.

4c. In a safety razor, the combination with aflat plate provided with aii opening inter -iiiediateits ends, et a second plate lformed otl two flat portions-connected by an iiiteimediate portion. one ot said platesatvoiie end being provided witlia blade guard said intermediate portion being adapted to enter said openingto detacliably connect said parts together.

5. In a sa ety razor, the combination with a tlat plate provided with an opeiiiiigl inter-g' mediate its ends, said opening being formed of a central 'circular lportion and straight 'portions extending from said central portion and lengthwise of said plate, of a secoiid plate itoi'ined of two flat portions connected by an intermediate portion. said intermediate portion beingadapted to enter said opening to detacliably connect saidiarts together one ott said lates at one end l u being provided with a blade.

LOUIS N. ,LEVINSOHNQ Witnesses z CLARENCE G. GALs'ioN, ARTHUR WATSON. 

